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Fables of La Fontaine

by Jean de La Fontaine from 1668–1694

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La Fontaine's Fables (1668-1694) are the supreme verse fables in the Western tradition and the definitive reworking of Aesop: 240 fables in verse that transform the spare ancient parables into elaborate, ironic, formally beautiful poems. 'La Cigale et la Fourmi,' 'Le Corbeau et le Renard,' 'Le Lièvre et la Tortue' — these have been the core of French literary education for three centuries. Elizur Wright's English verse translation captures something of their elegance.

Translated from the original French.

genre:fableBaroqueSardonicWittyLyricalPlayfulen

Fables of La Fontaine

Words
97.5k
Scenes
55
Duration
~12 hr 11 min

78 sections

97.5k words
#TitleWords
1
Fables of La Fontaine
50:02
2
Translated From The French
100:05
3
To The Present Edition,
9637:13
4
THE FLY AND THE GAME
2351:46
5
THE DOG AND CAT
970:44
6
THE GOLDEN PITCHER
3592:42
7
PARTY STRIFE
2421:49
8
THE CAT AND THE THRUSH
4403:18
9
ADVERTISEMENT
4933:42
10
A PREFACE,
6.7k50:19
11
BALLADE SUR ESCOBAR
2101:35
12
ENVOI
2061:33
13
BALLAD UPON ESCOBAR
1881:25
14
ADDRESS
2.3k16:53
15
THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE
2561:55
16
BOOK I
4913:41
17
IV.--THE TWO MULES
5k37:39
18
BOOK II
6394:48
19
Book IX. (Fable I)
5.3k39:27
20
BOOK III
4.8k36:12
21
BOOK IV
4533:24
22
Book VII
5794:21
23
IV.--THE GARDENER AND HIS LORD
6k44:59
24
BOOK V
3.1k23:00
25
XVII.--THE HARE AND THE PARTRIDGE
1.3k10:05
26
BOOK VI
4.2k31:43
27
XX.--DISCORD
6314:44
28
EPILOGUE
1771:20
29
BOOK VII.[1]
9537:09
30
II.--THE ILL-MARRIED
4683:31
31
III.--THE RAT RETIRED FROM THE WORLD
1k7:36
32
VI.--THE WISHES
1.4k10:19
33
X.--THE DAIRYWOMAN AND THE POT OF MILK
8366:16
34
XII.--THE MAN WHO RAN AFTER FORTUNE, AND THE MAN WHO WAITED FOR HER IN HIS BED
1.4k10:16
35
XV.--THE FORTUNE-TELLERS
2.1k15:47
36
BOOK VIII
4393:18
37
II.--THE COBBLER AND THE FINANCIER
7775:50
38
IV.--THE POWER OF FABLES
1.1k8:30
39
VII.--THE DOG THAT CARRIED HIS MASTER'S DINNER
1.9k14:24
40
XIII.--THYRSIS AND AMARANTH
1k7:44
41
XV.--THE RAT AND THE ELEPHANT
2231:40
42
XVI.--THE HOROSCOPE
1.8k13:18
43
XX.--JUPITER AND THE THUNDERBOLTS
1.4k10:16
44
XXIV.--EDUCATION
6064:33
45
XXVI.--DEMOCRITUS AND THE PEOPLE OF ABDERA
9096:49
46
BOOK IX
1.7k12:58
47
IV.--THE ACORN AND THE PUMPKIN
2702:02
48
V.--THE SCHOOLBOY, THE PEDANT, AND THE OWNER OF A GARDEN
2842:08
49
VI.--THE SCULPTOR AND THE STATUE OF JUPITER
1.2k8:44
50
IX.--THE OYSTER AND THE LITIGANTS
1.3k9:59
51
XIV.--THE CAT AND THE FOX
9877:24
52
XVII.--THE MONKEY AND THE CAT
8406:18
BOOK X
53
BOOK X: I.--THE TWO RATS, THE FOX, AND THE EGG
5k37:35
54
IX.--THE DOG WHOSE EARS WERE CROPPED
1.7k12:33
55
XIII.--THE LIONESS AND THE BEAR
1.8k13:48
56
BOOK XI
2.6k19:12
57
VI.--THE WOLF AND THE FOX
1.5k10:55
58
IX.--THE MICE AND THE OWL
4133:06
59
EPILOGUE
3022:16
BOOK XII
60
BOOK XII: I.--THE COMPANIONS OF ULYSSES
2.2k16:34
61
V.--THE OLD CAT AND THE YOUNG MOUSE
9176:53
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VIII.--THE QUARREL OF THE DOGS AND CATS, AND THAT OF THE CATS AND MICE
3682:46
63
IX.--THE WOLF AND THE FOX
4.3k32:18
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XVIII.--THE FOX AND THE TURKEYS
1981:29
65
XIX.--THE APE
930:42
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XX.--THE SCYTHIAN PHILOSOPHER
2902:11
67
XXI.--THE ELEPHANT AND THE APE OF JUPITER
1.5k10:56
68
XXV.--THE LEAGUE OF THE RATS
3492:37
69
XXVI.--DAPHNIS AND ALCIMADURE
7845:53
70
XXVII.--THE ARBITER, THE ALMONER, AND THE HERMIT
5694:16
71
FINIS
50:02
72
INDEX TO THE FABLES
2912:11
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C
1861:24
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D
7375:32
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I
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L
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M
8136:06
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V
1781:20

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